Event-Triggered Automation Scripts Set By Python-Powered Stackstorm

The first public version of the eponymous open source operations automation solution was launched by StackStorm, which is currently staffed by the ex- members of Puppet Labs, Github, SwiftStack, Apache Libcloud team and the Rack space team. StackStorm which is written in Python and made available under license the Apache 2.0 will provide the Information Technology departments of the companies a definite method through which they can automatically activate and drive the behaviors from one part of their infrastructure to another part through the means of events.

About the software

According to the Co-founder and CEO of StackStorm, Evan Powell, the perfect description of the software was sent out in the email. The description highlights that StackStorm has the ability to soak up events from any given source and then later on it can make sense out of these collected events through the assistance from the rule engine. Once these events have been analyzed and absorbed, the software will make a final decision. The software can later on implement an immediate task or execute a long-running series of tasks. For example, a new post on a given website will be able to trigger a cross post on another website like Tumblr or even generate an automated tweet.

In Comparison with others

From the description given by Evan, StackStorm seems to resemble the website “IFTT”. This is a website, which basically allows the users to input from different sources like an incoming email or a news piece in an RSS feed and then generates an output. Depending on this we can clearly say that StackStorm has the capability of covering more behaviors and operations and that too at a great range. There were comparisons drawn with Salt, Puppet, Ansible and Chef, which are the staples of automation solutions in the Information technology now. The company does not intend to replace these solutions individually, but they are looking for augmenting or replace the roadblocks of the ad-hoc scripting which often grows around and between IT systems.

According to Evan Powell, StackStorm software is all about the management of the operational patterns which includes the end-to-end implementation of event through assessment to action. On the other hand, configuration management solutions are basically about carrying out action meant to change and meet configurations. Currently even the blog post available on the website of the company emphasizes on the fact that the software is a solution to the slump of hand-rolled or homegrown tools that generate "silos of automation" and also the work that can be performed by this software on some of products and the tools.

At the moment, this software is being expected to replace many tools like Jenkins but the Evan also highlights the fact that the software can work in coordination with other tools as well. Currently as the software has been written in Python, it looks to be an outcome of Openstack. But this will allow the IT users to make use of another platform from the Python library.

In what way is Comindware Software Beneficial to the Company?

No wonder in the recent years Comindware has really grown to be a leading developer of a great business management solution and more and more are seeking help from them. A recent review about the site has revealed that according to the feedback that has been given by thousands of people after using this service, about 95% of them are positive responses and 4%is neutral. This means that negative response is literally hard to trace. But only business management has not brought this popularity to this solutions and people need to know about the other benefits that they give and why they are so popular, the reasons for popularity and the benefits of them are being listed below in detail.

Privacy- Every client has his or her privacy maintained when you join your hands with Comindware. Comindware is the one who knows how to keep your privacy sealed. Every transaction is kept confidential. . Rest assured that you will not be facing any problems with unwanted calls or messages.
Fast paced mode of working- Comindware is such a business management software that it works very fast and can detect problematic things and solve it right away so that you do not have to face trouble regarding it afterwards. The experts in this field always take care to solve it in the best possible manner.

Every field has the correct person for handling- In this organization; no person does the work of the other. Every department here has people who are expert in specific fields so that a specific problem is taken up with perfect care and can be solved easily.

Cloud document management is a service to die for- This is a management service that is used to connect the same kinds of brands and inculcate them in your companies so that your brand can introduce the good competing qualities and can be more popular than the other. Also cloud management ensures that you can be in constant touch with the clients no matter where you are. You can also give instructions to your staff with the help of this cloud management process.

Project collaboration software is another one that is used to imbricate more than one project and do it in a successful manner. Project collaboration is all about multitasking and it that is a thing that is done perfectly by the Comindware in general. So no matter what the condition is, you will always be able to handle the continuous pressure that will be going on and as more and more number of projects and your company will gain more and more popularity too.

This organization is no doubt one of the most successful and among the leading group of the business management companies going all around the world. All you have to do is to register and pay the service charges and you are already with this group. The moment you register, you will get to know the benefits of the group and enjoy it.

AT&T and Others Launch the OpenDaylight SDN Alternative

Although there is an increasing level of excitement and a momentum is getting built up, everyone is still not on the same page regarding the Open source SDN project by OpenDaylight. ON.Lab orthe Open Networking Lab is a non-profit organization which was founded by the SDN pioneers from the Stanford University and the UC Berkeley. They have successfully launched their own open source SDN operating system which is an alternative to the amount of work that is being received from the vendor-driven OpenDaylight.

So what is ON.Lab’s Open Network Operating System (ONOS)? 

This network operating system has been designed to enable the agile service deployment and creation at scale on any kind of hardware which includes the one with the white boxes. OpenDaylight, which is basically a vendor driven effort are aimed for preserving the incumbency of the brand name hardware. This was confirmed by the ON.Lab officials.

According to ON.Lab executive director, Guru Parulkar, all these noises regarding the SDN have been received from the Vendors, he also adds that OpenDaylight is targeted and focused on the command line interface automation, which is utilized for configuring legacy hardware.

It doesn’t aim to bring out the SDN values to the service providers; these values include revenue, service delivery, lower operating costs and offering the white box hardware alternatives. According to IDC analyst Brad Casemore, carriers are excited to learn how the major hyperscale player design and also controls their infrastructure.

OpenDaylight and ONOS

OpenDaylight has been able to gain the confidence of many companies due to momentum from their recent code releases. While on one side HP and Dell have raised their interest in the participation, Brocade will also be shipping out an OpenDaylight-based SDN controller.

ONOS also delivers an SDN control plane just like OpenDaylight, and this feature southbound and northbound APIs, a range for management, a range for the control as well as a range of service applications. Although this operating system has been currently targeted at service providers, the extended goals of the company are to extend this platform to cloud service providers, mainstream and enterprise deployments.

ONOS is expected to be released in December and will be available for downloading. The companies who funded as well as developed ONOS includes Ciena, NTT Communications, AT&T, Huawei, Fujitsu, NEC and INTEL with additional contributions from the companies like Internet2, SRI, CNIT, Infoblox and Create-Net.

The Open Networking Foundation, which is a proponent of OpenFlow-based SDNs, also supported ONOS. Right from the beginning there were unseen tensions between ONF and ONOS.

According to OpenDaylight executive director, Neela Jacques, the ODL developer community is very excited for the new codes and they are hoping for more collaboration between all the developers so they can learn new things and add further research in the ODL.

They are hoping to see how ONOS will be building mechanism to allow people to participate, use and contribute to the current code database.

Ultimately the ODL intends to encourage the adoption of the SDN by defeating the fragmentation in the industry.

Microsoft to Integrate MS Office with the Dropbox for Increasing the Cloud Productivity

In the recent times, we have seen many market giants and rival companies collaborating for increasing the quality of their product or even their service. One of the latest additions in this is the approach from Microsoft.

Microsoft is coming together with one of their major competitor and has struck a deal with the DropBox Company; this will allow enhanced interoperability between the Dropbox’s cloud storage and Microsoft Office and further improve the file sharing services offered to the businesses as well as consumers.

This partnership was announced on Tuesday and took the entire industry by surprise as it was being terms as a “coopetition” relationship which indicated co-operation as well as competition. This was due to the fact that Dropbox’s name sake consumer service as well as Dropbox for Business was competing against the Microsoft’s OneDrive and OneDrive for Business.

What is the motivation behind this deal? 

The main motivation behind this step is to make the life much easier for the company’s vast number of customers who are currently storing 35 billion Office files in the Dropbox. Although in Microsoft, almost all the Office users completely rely on the OneDrive for Business and OneDrive, Dropbox has managed to amaze people with 300 million people using their service and on the other hand Microsoft Office has about 1.2 billion users.

The driving force behind this deal is one the same line with the other motivations which has encouraged Microsoft to get into partnerships in the recent times. The Company has made a deal with IBM about cloud computing and tie with Salesforce.com.

According to Satya Nadella, CEO, they will keep on looking for possible partnership deals as long as it will yield a considerable amount of benefit for their existing customers by ensuring they are developing products that work together more efficiently and being offered by the teaming up of Microsoft and the other companies.

What in-stored in the future? 

According to Nadella, they will keep on looking for all possible partnerships in the coming months. They understand that at the moment we have “heterogeneous mobile-first cloud-first world” environment and partnerships are becoming the best way to provide excellent services and products to the customers.

With this new partnership of Office and Dropbox, the users will be able to access Dropbox from their office interface and this is being achieved by focusing on the Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Users will be able to make changes to their office files in Dropbox interface and the updated file can be synched between many devices.

In the coming weeks, this updated is expected to be rolled out on Office apps for Android and iOS. The company is hoping to release the web version of the same during the first quarter of 2015. According to this deal, Dropbox will be required to develop a mobile app for the windows platform in the coming few months. This most recent feature will be available to office users having access to Dropbox account as well.

Different Means of Taking Screenshots on Any Smartphone or Tablet

If you are the person who is looking to show off your new wallpaper, your amazing desktop screensaver in front of their friends or even if you want to show off of your new games and Android widgets that you have experimented with, then what to do you do? No need to think of high end ways to achieve this, you simply need to take a screenshot of the things and be ready to show off. The following steps will help you achieve your aim depending on the type of device you are using:
The users of laptops and desktops:

If you are among the people who still rely on and use any one of the versions of the Microsoft windows, then the easiest option they have is to take the complete screenshot share it with your friends. The user just needs to follow the following steps:

1.  The user just needs to click on the print screen tab on your keyboard of on your laptop 
2.  Open the Microsoft paint and just press the Ctrl+V option. 
3.  You will have the entire screenshot of the desktop and you should be able to save the file at your desired location.

If you are looking for more control over the screenshots then you might want to download IrfanView. This will allow the users to capture take the screenshots by following the below mentioned steps:

1. On a regular desktop the user needs to press the C tab and then you will get the option to select the type of screenshot that you are looking for. The users will get a lot of details and options for better experience. The users will be able to move their mouse over the area they want to be captured as the screenshots, click on start and save your screenshot.

2. Mac users will have to follow 2 commands to take screenshots. They can capture the screenshot by pressing the command as cmd + shift + 3 and if you are looking for, capturing only a part of your screen then just press the “cmd + shift + 4 and it will direct you to, drag and select the area that you might want to capture and save the on the desktop.

The users of tablets and Smart phones

Irrespective of what device you are using, Windows Phone, Android phone or even any apple series, the user just has to press the power button and ensuring that the home button is also pressed at the same to time to get a screenshot of the entire screen. But if you have an older version of Android (less than 4.0) then you can follow the below steps:

 Holding the power button for a long time might give option to take a screen shot apart from reboot and shut off.

If not, then when pressing the power button, press the volume button and you might get the option to take screenshot. This feature has been enables in Samsung Galaxy and Sony Ericsson Xperia phones.